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I suspect the Mavs will begin to play better. Maybe that will be because of BWill playing more minutes or maybe they will get healthier, but I suspect there's too much talent to imagine a quick tank. We're certainly more talented than Memphis when healthy. I don't think we can expect the bottom of the West unless we're really upside down with injuries.

"When healthy" is the big qualifier that you noted, but is the point of emphasis. We don't know when Kyrie will be back or how effective he will be. AD and Lively are simply incapable of staying on the court for extended stretches.  Those are supposed to be our 3 best players next to CF.  I don't think they're going to have to intentionally tank.  As long as they are conservative with the injured players they're going to lose a ton of games.